Getting On Your Nerves To Save Your Heart

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) –Heart failure is the fastest growing cardiovascular disorder in the U.S., affecting more than 6 million people. It occurs when a person’s heart is too weak to pump and circulate blood in the body. However, now a new device that gets on your nerves could help save those with heart failure.

For years taking a walk was a tough task for Laquita Fossitt.

“I just felt out of breath, tired, and weak,” Fossitt told Ivanhoe.

At age 35, she was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. Two decades later, she was told she needed a transplant.

“Some days I didn’t even want to get up,” Fossitt explained, but thanks to a new nerve stimulation device for the heart, she has a new option.

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